Adjustable hat-lining.



F. GRUNBG & M. L. VAN HUELE.

ADJUSTABLE HAT LINING.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 24.-l9l6.

Patented May 8, 1917.

WITNESSES rare sr EEEDEEIG GRUNIG, on NEW YoEK, E. Y., AND MAXIME L. VANHUELE, or ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

ADJUSTABLE HAT-LINING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 191%.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDERIC GRUNIG, a citizen of Switzerland, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, and MAXIME L. VAN HUELE, a citizen ofBelgium, anda resident of Elizabeth, in the county of Union and.State of New Jersey,have invented a new and Improved Adjustable Hat-Lining, of which thefollowing is a full, clean-andexact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved hat liningarranged to permit of readily fitting the lining to hats of differentsizes, different crown depths and different shapes, and to enhance theappearance of the interior of the hat.

In order to produce the desired result, use is made of a crown, the sideportion of which is formed of flexible material such as silk, satinet orother similar material, cut on the bias, to allow the side portion togive in any direction and thus fit hats of difierent diameters, depthsand shapes. Use is also made of an adjustable hoop held in a hem formedin the base of the crown and a fiat, inelastic, reinforced top, to whichthe upper edge of the side portion is secured, the hem being adapted tobe fastened to-the inside of the hat. Use is further made of a topprovided on the under side with a visible ring trimming at the junctionof the side portion and the top.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the adjustable hat lining with part ofthe hem broken out to show the adjustable hopp;

Fig. 2 is a reduced sectional side elevation of the adjustable hatlining in position in the hat;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged inverted plan view of a portion of the hat lining;and I Fig. 4 is an'enlargedsectional side elevation of the same on theline 44 of Fig. 3.

The crown of the adjustable hat lining is provided with a side portion10 made of silk, satinet, or similar flexible fabric, which is cut at abias and the ends fastened together by a row of stitches 11, as plainlyindicated in Fig. 1. The lower edge of the side por- 13 to the insideofthe hat 14, as plainly in;

dicated in Fig. 2. In the hem 12 is arranged a hoop 15 of wire orsimilar material having its ends terminating in loops 16 and 17slidingly engaging the adjacent end portion of the hoop 15 to allow thehoop to fit the corresponding sizeof the hat 14. It will also be noticedthat by the use of this'hoop 15 the lower'edge of the side portion 10 isreinforced to insure a proper hold of the hat when in position on thewearers head.

The top 20 of the hat lining is formed of a piece of silk, satinet orother similar material, usually the same as the one of which the sideportion 10 is made, and the upper side of the top 20 is reinforced by apiece of buckram 21 or other similar reinforcing material. A trimming 22is formed of a piece of doubled-up fabric with a core inserted in theband thereof and with the margins interposed between the outwardlyextending margin 25 of the side portion 10 and the margin 26 of the top20, the several marginal portions being fastened together by stitches 27as plainly indicated in the drawings. It will be noticed that thetrimming 22 is preferably in contrast with the side portion 10 and thetop 20 so as to give a neat appearance to the inside of the hat when thelining is in position in the hat 14.

In practice the side portion 10 and the top 20 are of black or darkmaterial while the trimming 22 is of a white or light material toenhance the contrast between the parts.

The top 20 is considerably less in size than the face of the sideportion 10 which latter is gathered at the upper end, as plainlyindicated in Fig. 1, to permit the side portion to give in anydirection.

It will be noticed that by making the side portion 10 and its hem 12 ofa flexible material cut at a bias, the said side portion and its hemstretch in. any direction to permit of accurately fitting the hat lininginto hats of difi'erent sizes, different crown depths and diiferentshapes.

By making the hoop 15 adjustable it readily adapts itselfto the size ofthe hem 12.

It is understood that when the hoop 15 is extended to the limit of thehem 12 then the base of the hat lining is of maximum size, and by moreor less contracting the hoop 15 creased to the size of the hat on whichthe' lining is to be used.

Having thus described our invention, .We claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent As a new article of manufacture, a hat liningcomprising a crown, the side portion of which is formed of a flexiblematerial cut at a bias, the lower edge of the said side portion beingformed into a hem for attachment to the inside of a hat, an adjustablehoop held in the said hem, a fiat top formed of an inner piece offlexible material similar to that of the crown and anouter reinforcing15 piece of buckram, to which top the upper the top with the said sideportion and con- 20 trasting in color with the side and top.

FREDERIQGRUNIG. MAXIM-E L. 'VAN HUELE.

